Angle-cock handle



May 4 192s. 1,583,142

F. J. HANRAHAN ANGLE COCK HANDLE Filed Sept. 15 1925 fish we 11 (oz Patented May 4, 1926 mmnci's J. HANRAHAN, or steam, IPEQNVSYLVANIA.

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' Application filed September ,192. 5. swar 56,610.

To all whom/it may concern: Be it knownthat I, Framers J. Hanna- HAN, a citizen of the United States,-residing atRupert, in the county of Columbia and .S/ta'te of Pennsylvanimhaveinvented a new and useful Angle-Cock Handle, of which the following is a specification. 1

By way of explanation, it may be stated that the handles of angle cocks, of-the sort used. :on. freight .andzpassenger cars, freqnently bneak ofl, the results being ofa mone undesirable and time-consuming nature than might be expected upon superficial consideration. When theh'andle of an angle DO'C'li breaks, the angle cock frequently must be taken out or repaired, not because the angle cock itself is radically out of order, or functionally inoperative, butsimply because-it has a broken handle, and cannot be manipulated conveniently. p

The layin up 'of'expensive rolling-stock, merely for t e purpose of repairing a valve handle, is an expensive proceeding, and, all of the foregoing being understood, it may be stated that this invention aims'to provide an auxilia handle Which-may be applied readily to t e main handle of an angle cock, when the main handle'is broken, advantage being taken of some of the standard parts of the main angle cock handle, in securing a firm mounting for the auxiliary handle,

the auxiliary handle being so constructed that'minor differences in the structure of the main angle cock handle will be acc0m modated.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains. 7

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combina-, tion and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention. v

In the drawings Fi re 1 shows in side elevation, a standard orm of angle cook, the valve handle of which has been broken ofi, the device forming the subject matter of this application being mounted in place on the broken hanpatent mentioned, in the event that he is not die; Figure '2 a to. plan of the structure shown in Figure 11;; ignre 3 is a section on the line of Figure 2'; Figureev is a seotionon the line te-51 i? Fignre 2.1 .d In order that the utility of the device .form-ingthe subject matterof this :applica tion be understood-clearly, and inorder that it: may be manifest how sundry ol-d parts in a st-an-dard angle cock are given new and added functions, it is necessary: to 1 describewat somelength -a standard form of angle cock, not-ice being given at the point where the description ofthat which is old ceases," and the description of that which is newbegins."

IniFigures 1 and 2 of the i drawings, there is depicted the body l'of'an angle cock, the stem of the valve being marked by the nu} mera'l 2 and being secum'd-within an arm 3 having lateral lugs 4, thearm being hinged at 5 to the head 6 of a main handle 7,'the arm 3 having a depending projection 8 which works within-a slot 9 formed by the extension 10 of an upstanding flange 11 on the head 6 of themainhandle '7, the head .6 I of the handle 7' having internal wings 12, the head 6 being provided with depending projections 15 adapted to cooperate with side stops 14 on the body 1, the body having a web 16 wherewith the depending projection 8 on the arm 3 isadapted to cooperate.

No novelty is claimed for the parts above I enumerated, since they are shown in Figure 6 of Patent No. 1,015,856, granted on Sepered in combination with the auxiliaryangle cock handle now to be described. As to the operation of the specific angle cock described above, the reader is referred to the a person sufliciently skilled in the art to understand the drawings of this present application at a glance.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided an auxiliary handle 17 which may be inclined, as'shown in Figurel, to follow approximately,the slope of the nozzle 23 of the angle cock. I At its inner end, the handle 17 has a socket 18, formed by two underlined fingers 19, the terminal edges. of whichcare separated to define a spacewhich is shown at 24 in Figure 3. The inner end on I tember 30, 1912, to Walter. V. Turner of v of the auxiliary handle 17 is supplied with a fork 20. Assuming that the main handle -7 of the angle cock has been broken off, as

shOWIl in Figure 1, the broken main handle is slid into the socket 18, the fork 2O resting on the head. 6 of the main handle 7 and the ends of the fork 2O abutting against the upstanding flange 11 of the head 6, the exten-- sion 10 of the flange 11 being received in the fork 20. The construction above described affords a very secure mounting for the auxiliary handle 17 and'gives the parts 11, '6

and 10, new functions, in combination with the handle 17 and its fork 20; The handle 17 is held in place by a securing element 22, for instance, a cotter pin, the cotter pin extending downwardly through theauxiliary handle 17, through the broken main handle between'the base of the fork 20 and the outer end of the extension 10 of the flange handle having a fork receiving 11, and this enables the auxiliary handle 17 to be applied todeviceswherein the extension 10 is somewhat longer than'is shown in Figure 2 of the drawings.

What'is claimed is 1.. In a device of the class described, a cock comprising a body, a valve stem journaled in the body, an arm mounted on the stem and.

having a projection, a main handle including a head hinged to the arm and provided with a projecting portion defining a slot ,in which the projection of the arm operates, and an auxiliary handle supported'on the head andiprovided with a socket in which the main handle is mounted, the auxiliary the projectingportion of the main handle;

2. A device of the class described, constructed as set forth in claim 1,- and further characterized by the fact that thehead 0f the handle has a flange of which said projecting portion of thehead forms a part, the inner end of the forkabuttingagainst said flange to space the base of the fork I from said projecting portion. a

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed mywsignature. I

FRANCIS J. HANRAHAN. 

